novelraw Chapter 13 – Lie?
Chapter 13 – Lie?
[In the eighth month, as you were enjoying your carefree days, you suddenly received two bottles of Bone Tempering Pills sent by Lin Manqing. Not long after, you heard that Song Fan had entered Alpha Battalion, Squad One, and had tempered his bones to bronze.]
[You immediately gave up doing nothing and started cultivating with Lin Qiushui.]
[It's worth mentioning that during the few months Lin Qiushui stayed at the Mountains and Rivers Courtyard, she relied solely on the leftover resources from your previous cultivation to advance from the peak of the Skin Refining Stage to the early Organ Refining Stage.]
"This..."
Chen Shi was at a loss for words.
It seemed his talent in martial arts was truly abysmal.
His cultivation level was entirely dependent on resources.
Without the simulator, relying on himself, he might never even become a beginner in the martial path.
However, this also showed that the mysterious mountain he stumbled upon, which accelerated aging, was not simple.
Even someone as untalented as him could advance from the peak of the Skin Refining Stage to the early Organ Refining Stage in four years by cultivating there.
"In the future, if there's a chance, I must thoroughly investigate the Liangzhou Borderlands. But for now, it's impossible. Without the Turn of Fortune talent, there's no guarantee that a True Lake Stage martial artist would appear to drive away the Man in Black."
Having made up his mind, Chen Shi refocused on the simulator text.
[Nine months later, Lin Manqing found you and bluntly asked if the Heaven-Grasping Vase was still in your possession.]
[You felt a wave of tension in your heart.]
[If you remembered correctly, in the original timeline, Lin Manqing also suspected you of hiding a secret around this time. She kept sending people to question you. You guessed that she must have learned something from somewhere, which led to her suspicion. Moreover, this information was likely deliberately spread by someone behind the scenes to frame you.]
[In response, you could only shift the blame, once again pinning it on Elder Wang.]
[In your account, Elder Wang discovered your secret and secretly framed you to steal the treasure unnoticed while you were imprisoned. He then fabricated a charge to have you sent out of the Divine General's Manor to be silenced. However, he didn't expect you to have the support of the Seventh Madam, and when things got out of control, he fled the manor to keep the treasure for himself.]
[Faced with your explanation, Lin Manqing remained unmoved and instead questioned you deeply, asking why you exposed your connection with her using a jade pendant before leaving the prison. If you hadn't done so, Elder Wang might have hesitated and not fled so decisively, giving her a chance to retrieve the treasure.]
[By the end, Lin Manqing's eyes grew colder, accusing you of deceiving her all along, not just her, but even Elder Wang had been fooled by you...]
[Hearing her insinuations, you broke out in a cold sweat.]
[Yet you loudly proclaimed your innocence.]
[You explained that you mentioned the Madam's name in prison purely out of fear. You were afraid Elder Wang would act recklessly and kill you in front of Li Ping, especially since wealth can tempt people, let alone a treasure like the Heaven-Grasping Vase.]
[Upon hearing your response, Lin Manqing's suspicion of you slightly diminished.]
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[After all, in her eyes, you were just a useless person who couldn't be helped. You had just joined her and were already asking for money. For the sake of beauty, you even took in a widow who tried to frame you. Such a person, coupled with a label of cowardice, indeed seemed fitting.]
[Of course, deep down, she didn't want to believe she could be deceived by someone like you.]
[Just when you thought you had finally fooled her, Lin Manqing delivered another shocking piece of news: Elder Wang's sudden escape had caught the attention of the Song Family Elders. They suspected the Divine General's Manor had been infiltrated. To thoroughly investigate, they dispatched an Innate Realm Expert and expended considerable resources, eventually tracking down Elder Wang in a village and successfully capturing him.]
[Currently, he is being escorted back to the manor.]
Upon reading this, Chen Shi had a vague realization.
In his fabricated lie, Elder Wang wanted to harm him because of the secret of the Heaven-Grasping Vase, and his escape was for the same reason.
But the Song Family's high-ranking members in the simulation were clearly unaware of this, which led them to mistakenly believe the manor had been infiltrated. After all, an elder from the Enforcement Hall was not an ordinary position; it was part of the core circle of the Divine General's Manor, overseeing hundreds of thousands of Song Family disciples. Such a figure defecting would naturally cause a huge uproar, making the large-scale investigation understandable.
And the person who deliberately concealed the Heaven-Grasping Vase incident was naturally Lin Manqing.
After all, only three people knew about it, and since he and Lin Qiushui were under house arrest, it was easy for Lin Manqing to keep it hidden.
It seemed Lin Manqing wasn't entirely aligned with the Song Family.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have kept this matter hidden.
In a grand family, the waters run deep.
Intrigue and scheming are abundant.
[You were greatly shocked by the news of Elder Wang's capture.]
[You understood that once Elder Wang appeared, your fabricated lies would undoubtedly collapse. At that time, Lin Manqing would surely flay you alive.]
[Before leaving, Lin Manqing told you another thing: as a Late True Lake Stage cultivator, Elder Wang had been on the run for nearly a year. Even with the Heaven-Grasping Vase, he was still captured by an Innate Realm Expert, which was clearly unreasonable. Either you had deceived her, and the Heaven-Grasping Vase wasn't as miraculous as you claimed, or the Heaven-Grasping Vase wasn't in Elder Wang's possession, or perhaps the Heaven-Grasping Vase didn't exist at all and was entirely your fabrication.]
[In the end, Lin Manqing sternly warned you that if the treasure was still in your possession, it wasn't too late to hand it over to her. She could forgive and forget, ensuring you a lifetime of wealth. But if she discovered you were double-dealing, she would hunt you down to the ends of the earth.]
[Hearing this, you felt utterly distressed.]
[You had no choice but to explain yourself once more.]
[Lin Manqing snorted coldly, unwilling to waste more words with you, and left on her own.]